Railway-tie.



L. L. WILSON.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-21.1918.

1,293,598. V Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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LYDELL L. WILSON, OF EAST RANDOLPH, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Application filed October 21, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYDELL L. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the village of East Randolph, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

he invention relates to railway track construction; and the improvements consist, first, in providing a pan-shaped concrete tie or one in which the bottom side of the tie is smaller than the top having sides inwardly inclined toward'the bottom so that said tie will lift freely from its pan-shaped bed, which pan-shaped 0r inclined sided beds or openings are provided in the concrete base and lined with paper or some equally good separating material between said concrete tie and base so that said tie may be lifted from its bed for repair or attaching the insulating wood blocks thereto upon which the rails are secured; and second, in providing a strong metal eye which is embedded in the concrete tie near each end for raising the same, a combined lifting bar and tripod being also provided having a hook to engage said eye, by means of which said concrete tie may be raised from its seat and turned and supported upon a pair of said lifting bars and tripods 'so that the insulating blocks may be attached to said concrete tie while in the inverted position or it may be raised for renewal or adjustment of said block and the parts attached thereto; and the invention consists of the novel features and combinations herein after set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a concrete tie with a metal eye embedded therein near each end to elevate the same; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the concrete base and tie embedded therein with a separating medium be tween said tie and base. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the concrete base showing the opening therein for the tie, said tie being shown supported upon an elevating bar alongside said opening. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the elevating bar showing the hook and tripod brace attached thereto; and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the triangular shape of the tripod brace and its attachment to the elevating bar. Fig. 3 is a lengthwise sectional view of an end portion of the tie.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4t, 1919.

Serial No. 258,927.

Like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the concrete paving base which has the pan-shaped openlngs 11, that is, the openings having inclined sides diminishing downwardly, which opening 11 is lined with paper or other separating material 12.

The numeral 13 designates the concrete railway tie which has the similarly inclined sides which diminish the size of the tie 13 toward its bottom so that it fits within the opening 11. In making the concrete tie 13 the metallic eyes 14c which have split ends 15 are embedded one near each end of said tie and are so placed that each eye faces the side of the tie so that a tool may be inserted through the eye 14 for raising the tie 13 from the bed 10.

A crosswise opening 16 is preferably provlded near each end of the top of the tie 13 to receive therein the insulating block 17 which is preferably of wood. The block 17 is attached to the tie 18 by means of the bolts 18 which extend down through each end of each block 17 and through the tie 13 into an opening 19 in the bottom of said tie 13 to receive the attaching nut 20 within said opening 19. The opening 19 may be made to fit the nut 20 so as to hold it firmly in position beneath the hole for the bolt 18 in the cement tie 13 so that said bolts 18 may be inserted or removed from the upper side of the tie 13 without access to the lower side of said tie.

The tie 18 is elevated preferably by means of a lifting bar 21 which has the hook 22 attached to said bar a predetermined distance from the point 23 thereof, which hook 22 is made sufliciently strong to support the tie 13 when inserted through the strong eye 14 in the tie 13. Said distance from the point 23 is so proportioned that said point 23 will extend out onto the top of the concrete base 10 alongside the opening 11 so that a pair of lifting bars 21 may have the hooks 22 inserted through the eyes 14 at each end of the tie 13 and said tie may 'be easily lifted out of the opening 11, though such a concrete tie weighs about four hundred pounds.

In order to hold the tie in the elevated position, a triangular brace 21 is attached'to the opposite side of the bar 21 from the hook 22 by means of an eye or loop 25 to thereby form a tripod with the point 23 of the lifting bar 21. The brace 2% is preferably in triangular form and has the two points or spuds 26 extending down. therefrom to engage 1n the top of the concrete base 10, and

two bars 21 form two tripods one at eachend: of the he 13 which easily support the tie 13, as shown in endwise elevation in Fig. .3, so

and a railway bed construction which will last indefinitely, and also providing a model support" for the rail; The holes 27 arepro videdinthe blocks l7fo1"attaching;the rails to the tie.

It is apparent that the splitting ofthe end 15 of the shank of the metallic ringll enlarges said shank within the concrete tie 13, thereby giving it. astrong, holding engagement. with'said tie so thati'it canibe liftedfrom its bed in the opening; 11 in the concrete base 10 by any suitable instrument.

I claimasenew 1. A- railway tiehaving sides inwardly in: clined toward the. bottom in combination with aconcretepavingb'ase'havinga similar bottom than at the top iii-combination with a concrete paving base having a similar shaped opening therein to conformably. receive said he sides to fit withinsaidopening; and meanson said tie for holding; engagement therewith .to elevate the'sam'efrom said opening;

5. In railway construction,- aconcrete base having: pan shaped opening'smaller at the bottomi thanat the top a liningyfor said opening, aconorete tie; removably fitting-- within said opening; .and a metallic eye embedded in each end of said tie to raise the same from said openings 63 In railway-construction, a-zconcrete-base having an opening therein, a concrete tieremovably IBCBIVBd" msaid op enlng, metallic eyes embedded' in' said con'cretetiein spaced relationto raise tlies'ame; said-metallic eyes each havingxan-enlargement on-tl'ie oppositeend of its 'sliankfrom-theeye to give holding engagement" therefor within said "concretetie; In: testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in thepresenceroftwo witnesses LYDEIlE L. WILSGJNE Witnesses:

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